chazas
10-17-2008, 04:33 PM
OK, I give up. I loved the Australian series and was satisfied with the chuckles in the first episode, hoping that it would get better.
But this week's show was dreadful. Just not funny. At all.
The original Australian show absolutely skewered middle-class Australians, with characters that were larger than life. The producers of this version have toned it way, way down - so much so that the characters just come off as bland oddities floating in an unknown place and time that looks kind of like a real place and today, but you're not really sure.
I'll probably keep the SP but don't expect it to last.
But this week's show was dreadful. Just not funny. At all.
The original Australian show absolutely skewered middle-class Australians, with characters that were larger than life. The producers of this version have toned it way, way down - so much so that the characters just come off as bland oddities floating in an unknown place and time that looks kind of like a real place and today, but you're not really sure.
I'll probably keep the SP but don't expect it to last.